How to buy Charter Hall shares | A$12.71

Charter Hall Group is a reit—diversified business based in Australia. Charter Hall shares (CHC) are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and all prices are listed in Australian Dollars. Its last market close was $12.71 – an increase of 2.5% over the previous week. Charter Hall has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $731.6 million.

How to buy shares in Charter Hall

1. Compare share trading platforms. To buy shares listed in Australia, you'll need to sign up to a broker with access to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Our table below can help you choose.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and tax file number. Fund your account with a bank transfer, PayPal or debit card.
3. Search for Charter Hall. Find the share by name or ticker symbol: CHC. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Charter Hall reaches your desired price. To spread out your risk, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At today's price of $12.71, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimise risk through the market's ups and downs.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Charter Hall. Optimise your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Charter Hall's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Charter Hall's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was $12.71, which is 8.36% down on its pre-crash value of $13.87 and 157.81% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $4.93.

If you had bought $1,000 worth of Charter Hall shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $414.26 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $995.32.

Charter Hall share price

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Charter Hall shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-09-13.

Latest market close	AUDA$12.71
52-week range	AUDA$5.29 - AUDA$14.395
50-day moving average	AUDA$11.636
200-day moving average	AUDA$9.529
Target price	AUDA$6.95
PE ratio	16.825
Dividend yield	AUDA$0.36 (2.94%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	AUDA$0.737

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Is it a good time to buy Charter Hall stock?

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Charter Hall price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the last close of A$12.71

1 week (2020-09-11)	2.50%
1 month (2020-08-18)	13.48%
3 months (2020-06-18)	27.48%
6 months (2020-03-18)	80.54%

1 year (2019-09-18)	11.69%
2 years (2018-09-18)	74.83%
3 years (2017-09-18)	122.59%
5 years (2015-09-18)	190.18%

Is Charter Hall under- or over-valued?

Valuing Charter Hall stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Charter Hall's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Charter Hall's P/E ratio

Charter Hall's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 17x. In other words, Charter Hall shares trade at around 17x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the P/E ratio for the ASX over the 12 months to December 2019 (32.14). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Charter Hall's EBITDA

Charter Hall's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $471.6 million (£0.0 million).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Charter Hall's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Charter Hall financials

Revenue TTM	$731.6 million
Operating margin TTM	61.89%
Gross profit TTM	$327.9 million
Return on assets TTM	10.86%
Return on equity TTM	16.96%
Profit margin	47.58%
Book value	4.466
Market capitalisation	$5.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Charter Hall share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 48.47% of net profits

Recently Charter Hall has paid out, on average, around 48.47% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.94% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Charter Hall shareholders could enjoy a 2.94% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Charter Hall's case, that would currently equate to about A$0.36 per share.

While Charter Hall's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Charter Hall may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 28 June 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Charter Hall's shares ever split?

Charter Hall's shares were split on a 1:4 basis on 11 November 2010. So if you had owned 4 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Charter Hall shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 300% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Charter Hall shares which in turn could have impacted Charter Hall's share price.

Charter Hall share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Charter Hall's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.29 up to $14.395. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (AU average) beta is 1, while Charter Hall's is 1.041. This would suggest that Charter Hall's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Charter Hall overview

With over 30 years' experience in property investment and funds management, we're one of Australia's leading fully integrated property groups. We use our property expertise to access, deploy, manage and invest equity across our core sectors ? office, retail, industrial & logistics and social infrastructure. Operating with prudence, we've carefully curated a $41.8 billion plus diverse portfolio of over 1100 high quality, long leased properties. Partnership and financial discipline are at the heart of our approach. Acting in the best interest of customers and communities, we combine insight and inventiveness to unlock hidden value. Taking a long term view, our $6.8 billion development pipeline delivers sustainable, technologically enabled projects for our customers. The impacts of what we do are far-reaching. From helping businesses succeed by supporting their evolving workplace needs, to providing investors with superior returns for a better retirement, we're powered by the drive to go further.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Charter Hall is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.917% of Charter Hall shares are held by insiders and 48.897% by institutions.

• When does the fiscal year end for Charter Hall?

  Charter Hall's fiscal year ends in June.

• Where is Charter Hall based?

  Charter Hall's address is: No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2000

• What is Charter Hall's ISIN number?

  Charter Hall's international securities identification number is: AU000000CHC0